Max Butterworth is the Deputy Photo Director for NBC News in London.
For many Iranians, the day began with the news they had feared. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was confirmed dead by Iranian state media on Sunday following a deadly wave of strikes launched by the United States and Israel.
Thousands gathered to pay their respects in Enghelab Square as the warm glow of the Sunday morning sun shone across the Iranian capital. Men were seen hugging and crying, resting against shuttered storefronts, unable to contain their grief. Civilians marched towards the square as veiled women raised images of the Supreme Leader aloft and chanting in groups, while others simply sat by the roadside, paying their respects from a distance. Opponents of the regime, who turned out in their thousands for protests that faced a brutal crackdown in January, largely stayed off the streets on Sunday. On Saturday, the United States and Israel launched a joint military attack on Iran dubbed 'Operation Epic Fury', striking many targets, including the Supreme Leader's compound in Tehran. President Donald Trump called the killing of Khamenei 'justice for the people of Iran' in a post on Truth Social, telling NBC News in an earlier interview that 'most' of Iran's senior leadership is 'gone'.
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